Chapter 179


    Chapter 179


    Karl had brought a batch of documents from Davina’s desk to Kieran’s office.


    Dn picked up one of them, his expression turning dangerous. “This is against Simpo Co.! How


    audacious.”


    Payne, intrigued, took the paper from Dn. His eyes widened as he read.


    “What’s this?” Payne handed the document to Julien, “Does it mean this woman wants Kerry to transfer


    all his shares to her?”


    Just as Julien was about to lean in, Hayden grabbed the paper from Payne. After a quick nce, he


    passed it to Kieran, “If she’s after yourpany shares, wouldn’t kidnapping your son be more


    effective than snatching Julie?”


    Dn nodded in agreement, “Kerry has already made Ivan’s identity public, and rumors say Julie


    gained her status because of her son. This indicates that Julie isn’t highly regarded by Kerry in the


    eyes of the public, so if they want to ckmail you, kidnapping Ivan would be more useful than taking


    Julie.


    “Unless… Julie was their real target all along!” Julien suggested, pulling Payne’s hand and shoving him


    onto a chair.


    “Check this woman’s background!” Julien ordered.


    Payne quickly pulled up Davina’s file. “Kerry, take a look. It’s quite surprising!”


    The screen disyed all of Davina’s records.


    It clearly stated that Davina’s father, Latham Field, was once a partner of the Abraham Group.


    Payne continued, “Padgett Abraham, Julie’s father, had a bad rtionship with his adulterous wife,


    Darcey Abraham. Padgett nned to make some money behind Darcey’s back through some illegal


    transactions with Latham, which included smuggling. However, Darcey ran away with her lover and the


    money. Most people who dare to be involved in smuggling are fearless. Knowing the deal might fall


    through, and he could be silenced by the smugglers, Latham had to embezzle money from the


    company to cover the shortfall…”


    Dn went on, “But then Darcey died in a car crash, and Padgett suffered a stroke. That escted


    things. The police eventually caught Latham.”


    Payne pulled up Latham’s records. “Latham’spany got shut down. His wife, Gevena, sent Davina


    to Veridia National University to keep her, unaffected. Latham couldn’t afford awyer. Multiple charges


    and severe criminal behavior got him a life sentence. He’s still in prison.”


    Dn was staring at theputer screen, his brows furrowing, “But that’s not the point. The key is…


    The man in Veridia was violent towards Gevena and Davina. If this led to Davina’s twisted mentality…”


    “Davina would me everything on Julie.” Julien’s eyes hardened as she turned to Payne, “Do you


    have Elliot’s number? Call and check on him!”


    To sum


    up, Julie’s life was in danger!


    Dn had already dialed Elliot’s number before Payne.


    Meanwhile, Kieran was opening the three-part contract with a pen from the table.


    “Are you crazy?!” Payne pped his hand on the contract, staring at Kieran in disbelief.


    Theoretically, shareholders transferring shares to non-shareholders should gain the consent of more


    than half of the other shareholders. If they don’t agree, they should buy the shares themselves. So


    even if Kieran signed the contract, it would still be void.


    But Kieran owned more than 50% of thepany’s shares, he was the controlling shareholder. Once


    he signed the contract and got it notarized, it would take effect!


    Payne pressed his hand on the contract firmly, “It’s clear she nned this all along. Once you sign, her


    next demand would be for you to get it notarized. Although this isn’t Simvar Co., although you founded


    this group…”


    “Hayden.” Kieran nced at Hayden.


    Just a look was all it took for them to understand each other.


    Hayden stepped forward, lifting Payne’s hand off the contract and tossing him aside. Julien reacted


    faster, drawing a dagger and pointing it at Payne’s


    throat.


    Her voice was cold, “I don’t care who owns this group. But if Julie dies because of you, you’re going


    down with her.”


    Payne realized he had been misunderstood…


    He wasn’t asking Kieran not to sign. Of course, he wanted to save Julie too.


    Payne’s neck was now against the dagger. He had seen Julien’s decisiveness and had just witnessed


    confrontation between Julien and Hayden. So, he didn’t dare to move, but he still insisted to Kieran,


    “You can’t sign this contract!”


    Before Julien could stab him with a dagger, Dn quickly exined, “The reason Davina hasn’t killed


    Julie yet is because she hasn’t gotten Simpo Co. yet! If you sign and notarize, you increase the chance


    of Davina harming the hostage!”


    Since Payne thought of it, wouldn’t Kieran think of this too?


    Since Davina dared to kidnap Julie, it showed that she was ready to risk everything, and she must have


    prepared for the worst. That means, there must be people watching them right now. If he didn’t sign the


    contract, even if Davina didn’t kill Julie, she would definitely torture her.


    In other words, every extra minute they waste, Julie would suffer for an extra minute. Only by


    cooperating with Davina could they quickly move on to the next step set by Davina.


    So, Kieran signed his name on the contract without hesitation.


    Payne felt as if he had lost all his strength…


    After hanging up with Elliot, Dn told Kieran, “There are three ces left to search, and they’re all a


    bit away from the city. The police have sent three teams…”


    Before he could finish, Kieran’s phone suddenly received a message.


    It was a picture of Julie hanging in the air. She looked like she was on herst breath… There were


    bloodstains on her body, terrifying to see.


    The phone rang again. Kieran answered.


    It was Davina’s familiar voice, “Mr. Hernandez, please have someone put the contract in the ck car


    parked at the back door of thepany. You have five minutes, or… this rope might break.”


    Davina hung up again.


    Seeing this terrifying picture, everyone knew what would happen to Julie if the rope broke.


    Kieran’s face was as gloomy as it could be. He handed the contract to Julien, “Do you know what to


    do?”


    “I want to tear that woman apart myself!” Julien didn’t take the contract. Clearly, she wanted to be part


    of the rescue mission to give Davina a taste of hell.


    However, Hayden took the contract from Kieran and handed it to Julien, “Deliver the contract or stay by


    my side. Your choice.”


    If it came to a fight, Julien knew she was no match for Hayden.


    Hayden nced at his watch and reminded Julien, “You have four minutes and twelve seconds left.”


    In the end, Julien took the contract and strode out of the CEO’s office. She kicked the door open,


    startling the employees outside.


    Then, Hayden followed her out.


    “The contract is signed. The next step is notarization, but Julie’s whereabouts are still unknown. Kerry,


    what do we do next?” Payne asked. It felt good not to be threatened with a knife…


    Just as Payne was worrying, Kieran’s phone rang again.


    Payne thought it was another message from Davina, so he quickly moved towards Kieran.


    However, what they saw was an address sent from a strange number, with a message, “Hurry up!”


    Kieran gripped his car keys a bit tighter and said to Karl while walking towards the door, “Tell Elliot, the


    kidnapper is in the old factory in Enchanted Pathway.”


    “I’m going there with you!” Dn caught up with Kieran.


    As Kieran moved toward the elevator, he said to Dn, “Notify the medical team to Enchanted


    Pathway. Have them bring their best doctors!”


    With that, Kieran headed to the parking lot alone.


    After starting the car, Kieran received a call from Davina, “You can only go to the old factory in


    Enchanted Pathway alone. If I see anyone else, I guarantee your beloved woman will die!”


    Davina hung up without giving Kieran a chance to respond.


    She looked up at Julie smugly, “You’re really lucky. That man actuallyes for you… He signed the


    transfer paper of all the shares for you. Aren’t you happy? There’s a man who’s willing to give up


    wealth and power, give up the position of Simpo Co.’s CEO for you!”


    Julie remained silent.


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    Davina burst intoughter, “Once my people have notarized it, your beloved man will be penniless,


    haha… He probably doesn’t know, once he’s penniless, you’ll abandon him just like you abandoned


    Rankin, right? You and your mom are the same; you can abandon your loved ones for money. All you


    have in your heart is greed!”


    Davina is insane…


    Julie’s eyebrows furrowed at the sight of Davina’s twisted face. She managed to say, “Yes, I will


    abandon him. Let him see what kind of woman I am. Are you satisfied now?”


    “Satisfied?” Davinaughed madly, staring maliciously at Julie, “I want you to wish you were dead! I


    want all of you to wish you were dead!”